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LAWYERS for black audience members who were the targets of Michael Richards‘ N-word rant at the Laugh Factory last November plan to hold a “mock trial” of him at Loyola Law School in L.A. tomorrow.

Richards was invited to a face-to-face, Saturday afternoon meeting at Loyola Law by Gloria Allred, the publicity-loving lawyer for the four patrons seeking face time with the former “Seinfeld” star. But Page Six has confirmed that an assistant to Allred rented the Loyola courtroom for what the school’s events and scheduling department describe as “a mock trial.”

Sources familiar with the event say the press has been invited and that Allred plans to have “cameras rolling” while the comedy club audience members who were on the receiving end of Richards’ racist tirade wait for his arrival – details she did not provide to him or his lawyers.

But Mirell told us Richards will not be there tomorrow for what a source described as a “kangaroo court” unless he and Allred, who have been embroiled in a five-week battle over how public the session should be, can agree on terms of the meeting.

In documents obtained by Page Six, Richards’ lawyer insists on a private, confidential meeting with the club patrons, and claims that, under California law, any meeting between Richards and them is protected by a confidentiality code.

Lawyers for the audience members, however, insisted on “an open and transparent” meeting and want the press there to cover it.

“It’s quite bizarre,” Mirell told Page Six. “I have never seen a situation where one side of a mediation purports to dictate the date, time and location without both parties agreeing on the terms of that mediation.”

Allred told Page Six last night, “Richards wants this to be a secret meeting, with no public awareness of what happened, and we do not agree.”